Korean J Dermatol.
2002 Apr;40(4):451-453.
A Case of Polypoid Melanoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. eslee@smc.samsung.co.kr
Abstract
- Polypoid melanoma is a rare variant of nodular melanoma. In the polypoid variant, melanoma cells accumulate in large volume above the skin surface and it commonly presents as an exophytic lesion. We report a 45-year-old woman who presented a rapidly growing, deeply pigmented, polypoid tumor on her upper arm. Excisional biopsy was done and the microscopic findings revealed a polypoid melanoma.
